A Flourishing Realm: Flowers from Withered Bones

[Reborn for revenge + Two powerful schemers + A woman ascends the throne + A battle of wills + A groveling pursuit]

“You’ll have to finish this cup, little sister.”

The Cold Palace. Poisoned wine. Shen Nanyi raised her head to look at Yu Xinwan.

“Your Highness is in such a hurry to see me dead. Are you afraid I’ll live to see tomorrow?”

She opened her eyes again and found herself back on the night before the selection.

When Noble Consort Yu handed her a cup of tea, she flung it back at her. “Sister, you can savor this one yourself.”

When the witchcraft scheme fell into her lap, she turned it to her advantage and uprooted the Yu family’s ten years of secret agents.

“Miss Shen, I suspect you want more than just the harem.”

“And my lord, I suspect you want more than just to be regent.”

They used each other and kept each other at arm’s length.

Until an arrow pierced his shoulder, spraying blood across the scene.

“Did you ever trust me, even a little?”

Shen Nanyi didn’t answer. She simply handed him the blade.

When the Yu family staged a coup, she personally shot through the Grand Tutor’s throat.

Lu Yubai fell to his knees and grabbed her skirt. “Nanyi, I’ll give you the whole realm!”

She pulled her skirt away. “Too late.”

Lu Yanli knelt with his hand on his sword. The dragon throne stood empty.

She sat upon it.

Deep in the Cold Palace, Yu Xinwan was still waiting for news that would never come.